Glossary of VHL Terms (Work In Progress)

[MubbleFubbles 1,290]

So I wasn't immediately motivated to write anything particular for the week, but I'd been working on something over the last couple of days based on a comment @aimkin made in my recent VHL.com talking about what the VHL could do better to help newer members. It is a work in progress that's quite a way off completion, but there's obviously enough words to claim for it now so figure I'll at least post up what I have done thus far for my 2 TPE and continue working on it behind the scenes.

 

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Affiliate – Initially used to describe a sim league or website that shared mutual advertisements with the Victory Hockey League, this is now more commonly used to describe other leagues with which the VHL has a partnership that allows players to claim their VHL work for the same/equivalent reward in other leagues and vice versa.

 

Affiliate PT – A term used to describe a point task completed in an affiliate league that is allowed to be claimed in the VHL for 6 TPE. An Affiliate PT claim acts as a replacement for a 6 TPE VHL Point Task (Graphics/Media/Podcast).

 

Affiliate 12 – A method of capped earning exclusively available to members who hold a high-ranking job in either the Simulation Basketball Association or the Elite Football League. This grants the eligible members the maximum possible 12 capped TPE in a given week.

 

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Banked TPE – Stands for Banked Total Points Earned. This is used to describe TPE earned by a member that they have elected to not add to their player at the moment. Players typically bank TPE to counter depreciation (See: Depreciation) as banked TPE is not affected by depreciation.

 

BOG – Acronym for Board of Governors. This is a private group that has its members invited to join by the VHL Commissioners. The Board of Governors are involved in award voting and Hall of Fame voting, but the main purpose is to discuss methods and systems to improve the state of the league. Any former VHL Commissioner can also be involved in the Board of Governors discussions but are not involved in award or Hall of Fame voting.   

 

Bonus – A monetary reward that can be handed out before the start of the season by VHL General Managers. A General Manager can choose to give bonuses to either a player on their current VHL roster (provided the bonus handed out does not put them over the salary cap) or to prospects (provided it doesn’t take the player’s current salary over $3 Million). Once the season starts, no more bonuses can be handed out.

 

BOT – A filler skater created to help the team’s roster meet the minimum positional and player requirements. BOTs cannot be improved and have all their STHS attributes set to a low level (40 in VHL/VHLE, 20 in VHLM).

 

BOT Goalie – A filler goalie created to help the team’s roster meet goalie requirements should their team not have two human-controlled goalies on their roster. In VHLM and VHLE, the BOTs are set at the base 35 across every attribute. In the VHL, the BOT Goalies have 250 TPE with their TPE assigned by each team’s respective General Manager.

 

Builder – An alternate term to describe a member, most commonly in the Hall of Fame where members who have given a significant contribution to the VHL can be inducted into the Builder Hall of Fame.

 

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Capped TPE – Stands for Capped Total Points Earned, this term is used to describe a method of earning that is subject to the league’s weekly TPE cap (See: TPE cap). Capped TPE can be claimed on a weekly basis.

 

Checking – Shortened to CK, Checking is an STHS attribute that increases the chances of your player recording more hits in a game, however this is also somewhat relative to the surrounding roster. (E.g. If a player has 70 CK and everyone else on the roster has 40 CK, they will get considerably more hits than if they shared a roster with several other 70 CK players). When Checking is improved, it also increases the chances of picking up penalties.

 

Code of Conduct – Shortened to CoC. The Code of Conduct lists a set of behavioural terms that a user must follow both on the VHL forum and in the VHL discord. Failure to comply with the terms listed will see the violating member subject to appropriate action from the moderating team.

 

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Depreciation – A term used to describe a player’s attributes decreasing as a result of spending increased time in the VHL pro league. Depreciation first takes effect prior to a player’s sixth season in the VHL pro league and takes place prior to every following season, with the player’s attribute values decreasing by an increased amount each season they face depreciation.

 

Depreciation Fighters – A term used to describe Player Store purchase options that reduce the impact of depreciation. The Jagr prevents one attribute of choice from facing any depreciation for the season it was purchased while Still Kickin’ and Gone But Not Forgotten slightly reduce the percentage depreciations of every depreciated attribute in the appropriate season.

 

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Fantasy Zone – An uncapped point task that tasks users with correctly guessing results and stats from the upcoming week of sims.

 

First Gen – Shorthand for First Generation. This term is predominantly used to describe a VHL player that is a member’s first creation. First Gens start off with the lowest amount of TPE but are eligible for specific Player Store purchases and certain TPE bonuses. Some members who recreate after a certain length of time without a player and forgo recreate TPE may also be eligible for First Gen bonuses

 

Forced Retirement – Once nine seasons have passed since a player was selected in the VHL Draft, the player can no longer continue to play in the VHL and is automatically retired. This form of retirement is referred to as Forced Retirement.

 

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Hybrid Attributes – An attribute system brought into the league in Season 83, Hybrid Attributes were implemented to combat issues with the previous attribute system that the league had in place since the beginning after issues arose with the system (See: Meta). Hybrid Attributes rank from 0 to 99 and raise one or two attributes in the Simon T Hockey Simulator (with the amount raised and number of attributes raised depending on the Hybrid Attribute).

 

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Inactive – Term used to describe a member that has not updated their player or visited the VHL forum for a significant amount of time. The official length of time before a member is considered inactive is 21 days in the VHLM and 30 days in the VHL/VHLE. While inactives can continue to play in the VHL/VHLE, they cannot play in the VHLM and must be released. (See: Prime Directive)

 

Inactive Waivers – A method available to VHL and VHLE General Managers to bring in inactive Free Agents. Waiver priority is determined by the previous season’s standings, with the team that finished with the worst record having the highest waiver priority. Once an inactive waiver is placed on a player, General Managers have 24 hours to put in a claim for the player, with the player joining the team that had the highest priority at the point that the 24 hours passed.

 

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Junior Showcase Tournament – Often shortened to JST, the Junior Showcase Tournament is an isolated tournament for players entering the upcoming VHL or VHLM Drafts. As new players cannot join VHLM teams during the playoffs, this gives them an opportunity to see their player in the sim in the lead-up to their VHLM Draft.

 

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Keaton Louth Rule – More commonly shortened to “Louth Rule”, this is a VHL and VHLE rule that states that a team may not start the same goalie for more than 64 of the 72 regular season games. When the rule is broken, the team in question is usually required to start their backup for either an increased number of regular season games the following season or for the team’s first playoff games if the team made the playoffs in the season they broke the rule. Named after Keaton Louth, a former VHL commissioner who broke the rule on several occasions. 

 

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Locker Room – Term used to describe a private discussion area assigned to each VHL/VHLE/VHLM team. Typically this is used to describe a team’s private discord channel, but can also be used to describe the team’s private club on the forum.

 

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Multi – A term used to describe a player that was created by an existing member who illegally created another account to do so. Creation of multiple accounts in order to create multiple players is forbidden and members found guilty will find themselves subject to a TPE ban (see: TPE bans) along with the illegally created player being retired and the connected account being banned.

 

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Pension – A capped point task replacement that can be claimed on the portal for 5 TPE. Pension is exclusively available to members who have had two players surpass 700 TPE. A claim for pension prevents you from claiming a 6 TPE Point Task (Media/Graphic/Podcast) in the same week and reduces the maximum capped TPE you can earn in the week from 12 capped TPE to 11 capped TPE.  

 

Position Change – An action that allows a member to change the position of their player. This is predominantly used to change skaters from Forwards to Defenseman and vice versa, although there are cases that allow new players to move from goalie to skater and vice versa in their first month in the league. For an active player to use a position change, they must purchase the Position Switch item (which can only be bought once a career) from the Player Store. An inactive player can have their position changed by their General Manager but only if the player has not already had a position change in their career.

 

Prime Directive – A VHLM exclusive program focused on ensuring that General Managers are prioritizing active players. This predominantly focuses on the General Managers releasing inactive players to make room for new active players.

 

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Reviewing – A capped supplemental Point Task where a member can give a constructive review of another member’s Point Task for TPE. Reviews are required to be at least 75 words and you earn 1 TPE for each review that you do (maximum of 2 reviews per week).

 

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Scoring – An STHS attribute that, when improved, both increases your chances of scoring from either normal shots or deflections and increases the likelihood of your player shooting the puck.

 

Sims – Daily event across the regular season and playoffs where each team’s respective games for the day take place. For the most part, sims are streamed live.

 

STHS – Acronym for Simon T Hockey Simulator, the simulator engine that the VHL has used for its simulations since its opening.

 

STHS Attribute – Term used to describe an attribute in Simon T Hockey Simulator. These attributes start from 40 for skaters and 35 for goalies and a player’s STHS attributes are improved in correlation with the improvements they make to their Hybrid Attributes.

 

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TPA – Acronym for Total Points Applied. This term is used for the amount of Total Points Earned that a player currently has invested in their hybrid attributes.

 

TPE – Acronym for Total Points Earned. This is the currency with which members can improve their player. TPE is earned through many different methods, although most commonly through participating in activities such as Point Tasks or being handed TPE through league events.

 

TPE Ban – A term used to specifically refer to a punishment that prevents a member from earning any TPE for the length of their ban. Subversion of a TPE Ban will lead to an extension of the current TPE Ban.

 

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Uncapped TPE – Stands for Uncapped Total Points Earned. Uncapped TPE is used to describe TPE that is not subject to the 12 TPE cap. These are most commonly earned from Fantasy Zone predictions and league events.  

 

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VHFL – Acronym of Victory Hockey Fantasy League. This is a point task that sees multiple groups of six users compete in a snake-fantasy draft of VHL players, with members picking players who they believe will earn the most fantasy points in the upcoming season. TPE rewards are handed out at the end of the season and pay-outs range from 1 to 6 TPE depending on how high they placed in their group with an additional 1 TPE being awarded to the user who managed their group’s draft.

 

VHL/VHLM Cut-off – The point in the off-season at which a player’s TPE count determines what league they will play in. If they are at 200 TPE or below at this point, they will play in the VHLM. If they are at 400 TPE or below , they will play in the VHLE (unless they are called up by their VHL team and above 300 TPE. See: Soft Cap). If they are above 400 TPE, they will play in the VHL.

 

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Welfare – A capped point task replacement that can be claimed on the portal for 4 TPE. However once a user claims welfare for the week, they cannot also claim a 6 TPE Point Task (Media/Graphic/Podcast) and are limited to a maximum of 10 capped TPE for the week of the claim rather than the usual 12 maximum capped TPE.  

 

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[jacobcarson877 2,536]

Mubbles is out here doing all of the backlog of great ideas

[Daniel Janser 2,170]

21 minutes ago, MubbleFubbles said:

Stands for Banked Total Points Earned

Isn't it Training Points Earned?

[MubbleFubbles 1,290]

Just now, Daniel Janser said:

Isn't it Training Points Earned?

I mean you can expand it to whatever you want really since it's only ever really referred to as TPE, but it is officially Total Points Earned. 

[Aimee 1,121]

Happy to provide the inspo!

[Gustav 6,421]

FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY was FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY

[Garsh 1,191]

its kinda covered under STHS but just one for Simon and how he is a fickle deity would be a worthy addition.